PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The individual linked to Saturday’s shooting at Brown University and the fatal incident involving an MIT professor on Monday has been discovered deceased in New Hampshire, according to police reports.

Investigative sources confirmed the development around 9 p.m., with official verification from authorities following shortly thereafter.

“This evening, the residents of Providence can feel a sense of relief,” stated Providence Mayor Brett Smiley.

The suspect, identified as 48-year-old Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, was a Portuguese citizen residing in Miami. Valente had pursued graduate studies in physics at Brown University in the early 2000s, taking a leave of absence in 2001 before formally withdrawing in 2003, as detailed in an affidavit.

Authorities revealed that Valente died by suicide. His body was discovered after law enforcement converged on a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire.

Valente was found with two firearms, according to R.I. Attorney General Peter Neronha.

“Evidence in the car matches exactly what we see at the scene here in Providence,” Neronha said.

“We got him,” FBI Boston special agent in charge Ted Docks during a news conference at the Providence Police Department.

Providence Police Col. Oscar Perez said law enforcement tracked him down thanks to tips from the community, video surveillance and diligent work by officials across multiple agencies.

The high-profile suicide caps an intense six-day interstate manhunt that’s put multiple communities on edge.

The unidentified man is suspected of killing two students and injuring nine more people after opening fire inside a Brown classroom on Saturday.

As Nexstar’s WPRI first reported, police are also investigating a potential link to the Monday slaying of Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Nuno Loureiro.

Local, state and federal law officials have spent days poring over video evidence, license plate data and hundreds of investigative tips in pursuit of the suspect.

Perez said that video provided police with a description of a vehicle and that was corroborate to a tip that was received to the tip center. It led officers to a car rental spot in Mass. They got a copy of the rental agreement and video there.

Neronha said the person seen “in proximity” to the suspect, who was located and interviewed after being publicized on Wednesday, “blew this case wide open.” Police interviewed that person Thursday and gave crucial information which led investigators to the car, the name, the photos, and more, he said. The gunman had been changing license plates, he said.

Around 5 p.m. Thursday, police located an abandoned car in Salem they suspected was used by the gunman to evade police across New England.

Police eventually zeroed in on a storage facility at 10 Hampshire Rd. in Salem. For hours, police carrying weapons and wearing tactical gear were seen entering and exiting the facility.

Brown University president Christine Paxson said Valente was enrolled in a graduate program for physics before taking a leave of absence in 2001.

Paxon said he likely attended most of his classes inside the Barus & Holly building where he opened fire on Saturday.

R.I. State Police Col. Darnell Weaver thanked the public for providing authorities with large quantities of video footage, and also said “the endless barrage” of rumors, clickbait and other false information spread online did not help the investigation.